Il Napoli he turns the daisy and will have to wait until tomorrow and the final tests to understand if the captain will be able to leave for England and possibly also be used in the opening match in the Europa League group with the Leicester or if he will have to give up and stay in Naples to continue therapies and personalized training sessions.
The knee problem of the Italian striker, who suffered a trauma during last Saturday's match against Juventus, remains, even if there are improvements and some hope is filtering through. Spalletti will instead certainly have to give up Mario Rui, who was also injured during the match against the Bianconeri, and whose recovery is not even hypothesised by the medical staff.
In addition to the Portuguese, Meret, Mertens, Demme, Lobotka and Ghoulam are still at a standstill. The latter this morning underwent a new and final visit in Rome, at Villa Stuart, with Prof. Mariani who operated on him for the reconstruction of the cruciate ligament of the knee, who gave his final approval for the full resumption of activity. The time to regain the right athletic condition and the Franco-Algerian footballer will be able to be available to Spalletti again.
Due to the simultaneous unavailability of himself and Mario Rui, the coach in Leicester will have to choose whether to use Juan Jesus on the left flank of the defense or adapt Malcuit. Napoli will train tomorrow morning at 11:19.30 at the Konami Training Center in Castel Volturno and will immediately leave by plane for England. Spalletti will hold the press conference at XNUMX:XNUMX (Italian time) at the Leicester Stadium.
Confirmation has not yet arrived of the British Government's decision to grant an exemption from the anti-Covid requirements and authorize Ospina and Osimhen not to undergo quarantine, despite having been in countries included in the 'red' band due to the spread of the pandemic last week. The solution seems close, but official approval is awaited.
Article published on 14 September 2021 - 20:30